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CORSO ASSAGGIATORI VINO 2019

23.01.2019

The "Corso Assaggiatori Vino 2019: impariamo a conoscerlo" took place from 23th January 2019 to 4th March 2019; it has been organised by the Pro Loco of San Pietro in Cariano and the S.n.o.d.a.r. in collaboration with the Municipality of San Pietro in Cariano and the Consorzio Pro Loco Valpolicella.

The program of the course, directed by Luigi Andreoli and done in the "Baita Alpini" at Pedemonte, included 12 meetings:

1th Lesson - Registration of the partecipants and presentation of the course; topic of the lesson: "Le soglie gustative";

2th Lesson - Tasting techique of wines: the tasting card;

3th Lesson - Concepts of viticulture: the techinique of crushing;

4th Lesson - Winemaking of white grapes: the differents steps of the process;

5th Lesson - Winemaking in red: the process from the crushing to decanting;

6th Lesson - The main analytical parameters of the wines - Alteration and defects;

7th Lesson - Aging, bottling and labeling;

8th Lesson - Food value of the wine: wine and diet;

9th Lesson - Matching food and wine;

10th Lesson - Historical Background of the vine and the wine;

11th Lesson - Sparklings and sparkling wines;

12th Lesson - Wines done with withered grapes.

The partecipation fee included the member card Pro Loco 2019, the educational material, the wine tasting during all the evenings, the glasses kit for the tasting of the wines but also the certificate of attendance.

This last was released at the end of the course, who saw a partecipation of 40 people.